I wanted to make a summer version of this. After consultation with Sonia I went for bamboo, in this case a strand of Stella in chocolate brown with a strand of Cleckheaton in a variagated colourway.
I cast on 88 stitches, used 4mm for the ribbing and then increased via knitting into front and back of [...]
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Slouchy Beret 3
Posted in finished objects, hats, knitting, tagged bamboo, beret, Cleckheaton, hat, Stella on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clarissa on the matter of berets.
Posted in Clarissa, finished objects, hats, knitting, tagged beret, hat, knitting on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sonia commented yesterday that it was a pity Clarissa was not available to model the Slouchy Beret. I mentioned this to Clarissa last night and she wished to make the following statement: ‘Never will I be seen wearing the beret. The beret is for the man. Any hat which can fit in a pocket is [...]
Slouchy Beret finished.
Posted in finished objects, hats, knitting, tagged AFL, Alpaca, Eki Riva Natal, footy, knitting, Silk, Slouchy Stripey Beret on October 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My father wanted a hat and after having a go at this beret, the free pattern for which can be found here:
I figured I’d ask Jan to do it for me and she came up with this, modelled by my photographer:
It looks good all sorts of ways:
A seriously French angle:
And, for we footy fans, a [...]
